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Building Act 2004

Regulation of building practitioners - Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners - Automatic licensing of certain professions

291: Automatic licensing of people registered under other enactments

You could also call this:

“People with certain jobs can automatically get a licence without applying or paying fees.”

If you are registered, licensed, or officially recognised under another law, like being a registered architect, this section applies to you. However, it doesn’t apply if your registration, licence, or recognition is temporarily stopped or taken away.

An order made under section 285 can treat you as if you were licensed in certain classes. These classes will be specified in the order.

If you are treated as being licensed in a particular class, you can’t apply to be licensed in another class that is very similar to the one you’re already treated as being licensed in.

The licensing rules in this part of the law don’t apply to you if you’re treated as being licensed under this section. This means you don’t need to apply to become licensed or pay any fees under this part of the law.

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Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Automatic licensing of certain professions

291Automatic licensing of people registered under other enactments

  1. This section applies to a person who is registered, licensed, or otherwise recognised under any other enactment (for example, a registered architect), but does not apply at any time when that registration, licence, or other recognition is suspended or cancelled.

  2. An order made under section 285 may treat the person as if they were licensed in a class or classes specified in the order.

  3. A person who is treated as being licensed in a particular class or classes under subsection (2) may not apply under this Act to be licensed in another class that is substantially equivalent to the class of licensing in which he or she is treated as being licensed.

  4. The licensing provisions of this subpart do not apply to a person who is treated under this section and the rules as if he or she were licensed (for example, he or she need not apply to become licensed or pay any fees under this subpart).

Notes
  • Section 291(2): amended, on , by section 62(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
  • Section 291(3): replaced, on , by section 62(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
  • Section 291(4): replaced, on , by section 62(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).